Child Rights
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A survey found 1 in 6 men admit sexual feelings for children. So is paedophilia increasing?
This data was part of a study by UNSW Sydney and Jesuit Social Services. Xanthe Mallett The Conversation Researchers asked 1,945 men…
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Yemen: Prioritize Protection of Children
Include Children’s Rights in Potential Peace Agreement (Beirut) – Parties to the conflict in Yemen, the UN, and the international community…
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The shocking number of Australian men sexually attracted to children and teens
Disturbing research into the extent of child sexual abuse has found almost one in six Australian men have sexual feelings…
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Ukraine: War’s Toll on Schools, Children’s Future
Damage from Military Use of Schools, Bombing, Shelling, Looting Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has devastated schools and kindergartens throughout…
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Former state wards abused in care urge Victorian government to follow through on redress promise
“You never really had anyone caring for you,” Mr Helman recalls. Richard Willingham ABC “I wasn’t a happy kid. I…
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Students, Schools Under Attack Despite Landmark UN Resolution
Two years ago, the United Nations Security Council adopted a groundbreaking resolution to safeguard education during wartime. HRW The resolution called on…
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Alarming Increase in Attacks on Education Worldwide
More than 3,000 attacks on education were identified in 2022, a 17 percent increase over the previous year, the Global…
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Too many young people who’ve been in detention die prematurely. They deserve better
And the health and health-care disadvantage faced by these young people may be evident for years. Authors: The Conversation Our…
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We need more than police checks: how parents and educators can keep childcare services safe from abuse
There are about 1.4 million children using a childcare service (including centre-based care, family daycare and outside school hours care) around…
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Attorney-Generals criminalising 13 year olds is a national disgrace
It’s called SCAGS, the Standing Committee of Attorney-Generals. Greg Barns Pearls and Irritations For many years now the Commonwealth, state…
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Our child protection system is clearly broken. Is it time to abolish it for a better model?
Darcey and Chloe Conley were known to the child protection system, but repeated warnings about their safety failed to trigger further investigation.…
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El Salvador: Court Hears Case on Total Abortion Ban
Inter-American Court Ruling Could Set Precedent in Latin America and the Caribbean HRW (Washington, DC) – An Inter-American Court of…
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Almost 90% of children brought from Nauru suffered physical health problems
Nearly nine in 10 children brought from offshore processing on Nauru to Australia were suffering physical health conditions, including malnutrition and dental…
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Iran probes ‘deliberate’ poisoning of schoolgirls across the country
Iranian authorities say they are investigating the poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls across the country. Aina J. Khan NBCnews The mysterious incidents may…
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Paramedics could sound early warnings of child abuse or neglect – but they need support and more training
In Australia in 2020–21 (the most recent figures available), there were more than half a million notifications to child protection services. Authors…
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Turkish ‘Progress’: Six-Year-Old Girl Married by Her Sheik Father
A total of 327 women were murdered by their husbands, ex-husbands, fiancés and partners, between January 1 and November 11,…
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